Mortlock: Death is not the end. ++++ THIS IS A LOVELY SIGNED & DATED UK FIRST EDITION - FIRST PRINTING HARDBACK ++++

London: Bloomsbury. A fine UK first edition, first printing hardback - no dustjacket (as issued) - fitted with a removable, clear mylar sleeve - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - "The sister is a knife-thrower in a magician's stage act, the brother an undertaker's assistant. Neither orphan knows of the other's existence. Until, that is, three terrible Aunts descend on the girl's house and imprison her guardian, the Great Cardamom. His dying act is to pass the girl a note with clues to the secret he carries to his grave. Cardamom was one of three explorers on an expedition to locate the legendary Amarant, a plant with power over life and death. Now, pursued by flesh-eating crow-like ghuls, brother and sister must decode the message and save themselves from its sinister legacy" SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR & DATED: 29.03.10 (pre-publication day) - Pictures available upon request. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2010.